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    Colton Industrial Tools - Collets?

    Did some searching, didn't find this asked previously. Colton Industrial Tools is a new brand, based in CA and they're carried by All Industrial Tool Supply. They make lathe tool posts, end mills, and various collet lines. They've branded themselves as an alternative to very inexpensive...
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    Questions For Moving a Free Clausing 5914

    Thanks for all the advice everyone. I will ditch the caster idea and modify the skid design. I will use 4x4s, two 8ft ones running parallel to the bed, 34" from outside to outside. And two more 4x4s running perpendicular to which I will bolt the lathe feet. The leading edge of the 4x4s will...
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    Questions For Moving a Free Clausing 5914

    I have the opportunity to obtain a Clausing 5914 for free, I just need to go get it. The scenario is an estate cleanout; I'm good friends with the sister of the man who owned it. He rented space in a factory and had the lathe there. Now that he has passed on, the factory wants it gone ASAP...
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    Looking for Info to Help a Friend Sell a Bridgeport/Textron CNC Kneemill

    Right, so I've found everything that goes with it. Took a bunch of pics. What I don't know is the value of the machine and the answers to the other questions I listed above. Thanks!
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    Looking for Info to Help a Friend Sell a Bridgeport/Textron CNC Kneemill

    I apologize this isn't the cutting edge CNC tech thread you'd probably prefer to read, but I'm hoping you can fill me in about this machine and help me sell it. The brief background is that my friend's brother passed away and now the family needs to sell his equipment. He actually had rented...
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    Magnetic Motor Starter Trouble

    Thanks to everyone, this has been helpful and informative. It seems to be working correctly now and I got the pump spinning the correct direction, as confirmed by an arrow cast into the flywheel. I did mention this in the OP and I would like to get the coil cleaned up. Not quite sure how the...
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    Magnetic Motor Starter Trouble

    Thanks for the detailed response. Yesterday, after reading the post from atomarc above, I swapped the red wire from L3 to L2 and white wire from L2 to L3. The red wire is the generated leg. I realize this isn't quite what you are recommending ("If your generated leg is one of L1 or L2, move...
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    Magnetic Motor Starter Trouble

    I know this might not quite fall within the realm of this forum, but I figured the most electrical knowledge is hanging out here. Background info: The mag starter in question is on a Saylor Beall VT735-80 air compressor. 5hp and 3 phase. I just acquired the compressor after it sat for...
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    Help finding a replacement Bremas CAM switch

    Valid points, I have no doubt. Yesterday I managed to find a used(from 10/89) Bremas SCH 231 switch on ebay which is the exact model as mine. Externally, it appears identical to mine. Even has jumpers in all the same locations. What are the chances it would test electrically the same as mine...
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    Help finding a replacement Bremas CAM switch

    Ahh, now I get it. Thank you. It seems to run just fine, at the correct speed just traversing the table. But it may very well stall under load. However, I doubt I will ever be cutting in position two anyway. It's just too fast for a good surface finish. I'm hesitant to take the switch...
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    Help finding a replacement Bremas CAM switch

    Good info, thanks! I agree with the concern over the limit switches because they do face upwards, however they do work correctly when the switch is in position 2 and the table is in motion. They control the reversing contactors, as the table auto reverses after a period of time that is...
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    Help finding a replacement Bremas CAM switch

    First, I checked out the function of the contactors. On all of them, the main contacts are NO. On all of them, the outer aux contacts are NO and inner aux contacts are NC. All of them work correctly, although I did notice that on the smaller contactors, the 3TB40, there was never perfect...
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    Help finding a replacement Bremas CAM switch

    Aww give me a chance, lol. I restored the machine from dead, I can't be that dumb. Just asking for guidance in new territory. Gotta learn sometime. As I mentioned above somewhere, the machine had been left outside for a year or more uncovered. And I'm certain it was well abused before that...
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    Help finding a replacement Bremas CAM switch

    Pardon another dumb question; I'm checking continuity between each terminal and what? The R, S, T terminals? For example, if I'm going to check the terminal for motor wire #1 in the first switch position, where am I placing the second lead for the DMM? Or should I make three tables, one for...
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    Help finding a replacement Bremas CAM switch

    Thanks to all so far! No, I'm not certain. This is new territory for me and probably in a bit over my head. If I push the button in the front of each contactor and then check the continuity between the matching terminals on the top and bottom, is that the right approach? I just took a...
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    Help finding a replacement Bremas CAM switch

    Good thinking, I may have to go that route in the end. Was this your personal SM4000? Still have it? Still have the old switch? If I have to resort to trying to repair mine, it sure would be great to have extra parts or a practice run.
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    Help finding a replacement Bremas CAM switch

    Hopefully this is an acceptable post for this forum, I know it doesn't quite fit the title, but this seems the best place to find electrical help. The machine is a 1985 Winona Van Norman SM-2000 head and block surfacer. 3 phase machine, powered off a 40HP North America RPC. The table is...
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    Winona Van Norman Surfacer Gearbox Lube?

    That looks promising, thanks. If I look through the chart here: https://www.mobil.com/English-US/Indust ... 600-Series it appears that SHC 627 is roughly equivalent to SAE 80 or 85 and all the 600 series are rated a 1B on the ASTM D130 copper corrosion test which means they have a very very...
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    Winona Van Norman Surfacer Gearbox Lube?

    I'm nearing the end of a full restoration on a 1985 Winona Van Norman SM-2000 cylinder head and block resurfacer. The table is driven by a rack and pinion setup, with an electric motor transmitting through a right angle gear box. I currently have the gearbox apart to replace the bearings and...

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